haimë

habit

haimë noun "habit" (KHIM)

haita-

verb. to remove, (lit.) make distant

A neologism for “remove” created by Petri Tikka in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s as a causative verb based on the root ᴹ√KHAY “distant”, so more literally “make distant”. In the 2018 1000W project (1000W), Sami Paldanius instead suggested ᴺQ. aucol- “remove” as a combination of au- “away” and col-, so more literally “to bear away”. I have a slight preference for haita- myself.

avahaira

remote, far

avahaira adj. "remote, far" (KHAYA)

canya

adjective. wise

eccaira

remote, far

eccaira ("k") adj. "remote, far" (KHAYA)

hahta

noun. heap

heap, piled mound

haira

remote, far

haira adj. "remote, far" (KHAYA)

haiya

far

haiya adj. "far" (SD:247). Also háya.

isqua

wise

isqua ("q") adj. "wise" (LT2:339).

istima

adjective. wise, knowledgeable, v.well informed

iswa

wise

iswa adj. "wise" (LT2:339); rather saila in Tolkiens later Quenya.

lára

grave

[lára (2) noun "grave" (VT45:8)]

ná-

verb. to be, to be, [ᴱQ.] exist

The basic Quenya verb for “to be”, based on the root √NĀ (PE17/93). It was typically used as the copula equating a noun to another noun or an adjective:

> √NA joining adjs./nouns/pronouns in statements (or wishes) asserting (or desiring) a thing to have a certain quality, or to be the same as another (PE22/147).

In many circumstances this verb was optional:

> As a copula “be, is” is not usually expressed in Quenya where the meaning is clear: sc. in such expressions as “A is good” where the adjective (contrary to the usual order in Quenya of a qualifying adjective) follows: the normal Quenya for this is A mára (PE17/93).

For further discussion see the entry on the Quenya copula.

Conceptual Development: This verb dates back all the way to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, where it was given as the early root ᴱ√NĀ “be, exist” (QL/64). This verb and its root appeared regularly throughout Tolkien’s writings thereafter, but at times Tolkien considered alternative verbs for “to be”; see the entry ëa- for further discussion.

nóla

wise, learned

nóla ("ñ") (1) adj. "wise, learned" (ÑGOL) (note that this and the next nóla would be spelt differently in Tengwar writing, and originally they were also pronounced differently, since nóla "wise, learned" was ñóla in First Age Quenya).

saila

wise

#saila adj. "wise" (isolated from alasaila [q.v.] "unwise" in a late source)

saila

adjective. wise

saira

wise

saira adj. "wise" (SAY, VT46:12; a later source has the alternative formation #saila as above)

tára

wise

tára (2) ?"wise". (From tentative notes trying to explain Daur [unlenited *Taur] as Sindarin name of Frodo; the more normal word for "wise" seems to be saila/saira.)

tára

adjective. wise

sito

noun. custom, habit